“What’s disappointing is that despite the investments poured into local search by top engines like Yahoo and Google, the Internet search engine satisfaction rate of 39% is the same that it was last year, meaning that despite the new offerings, users aren’t finding it any easier to get what they want.”

“I depend on RSS searches. I subscribe with my RSS reader to Yahoo News searches, Google News searches and some blog search engines (although I find myself skipping over the search results of blog RSS searches more often these days).”

“Lots of people from here presented at the last one like Nacho and can’t remember who else. I think it’s great that they added the SEO/SEM section to expand beyond affiliate marketing – since no one else is really doing online expos in the SEO space.”

“Anyone can build a megasite; you might need to learn a programming language, develop a fancy data-mining algorithm, and study internet addiction, but anyone with an idea, some free time, and the burning desire to make it exist can build such a website.”

“These folks don’t understand XHTML, and they’re apparently working to some kind of forumula that doesn’t allow them to think outside the box. Well, actually, they’re apparently not thinking at all, inside or outside the box. As jetboy says, they should be looking at those H1, H2, H3 tags as an opportunity.”

“…I’d sure like to know how to ‘un’ GoogleBowl a site. I have a couple of supporters with hundreds of site-wide’s pointing at me … so my guess is I should ask them to change their anchor text and randomize it. They were only trying to help, but yea, I can see how this would appear as a unnatural linking pattern…”

“Instead of concentrating on Google rankings (which you can’t control), get proactive with some things you can control. …Next thing you know, you’ll be so busy with selling stuff you won’t have time to worry about your Google rankings.”

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